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WTF are the Chinese up to?
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Any ideas what these could be? I'm pretty sure that some of them involve bomb testing.
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If you look at it, you'll see that the white (silver?) stuff follows the contours of the ground.
It's big piles of money. Your money. The Great Money Wall of China.
Those squares of metallic stuff? Gold. Your gold.
The other stuff? Aliens.
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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My first thought is some sort of irrigation.
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They've become rich enough to **** with google maps on a whim.
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Not gonna lie...kinda freaks me out.
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the little squares definitely seem blown up, as does the circle with outward lines. Target practice.
What the odd white grid is, who knows? covered roads or buildings?
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When zooming in, it looks like painted over the natural rock and hill structures.
Whatever it is, it's not "levelled" like a street or irrigation would be.
To be honest, it looks more photoshopped than anything else.
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Originally Posted by andi*pandi 
the little squares definitely seem blown up, as does the circle with outward lines. Target practice.
Definitely looks bomby.
Originally Posted by the article
Some conspiracy theorists have suggested this pattern matches the layout of streets in Washington, DC.
I guess if you've never looked at a map of Washington, DC, that would make sense.
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Originally Posted by turtle777
When zooming in, it looks like painted over the natural rock and hill structures.
Whatever it is, it's not "levelled" like a street or irrigation would be.
To be honest, it looks more photoshopped than anything else.
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You're right.
If it was a bombing run for practice, there would be structures around it, as well as roads. There aren't any here. It also appears to be a very long way away from any airport.
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As you know, the M25 orbital motorway in England is a generator of evil, the secret of which was unveiled to us by Terry Pratchett:
Originally Posted by Good Omens
Many phenomena - wars, plagues, sudden audits - have been advanced as evidence for the hidden hand of Satan in the affairs of Man, but whenever students of demonology get together the M25 orbital motorway is generally agreed to be among the top contendors for Exhibit A. Where they go wrong, of course, is assuming that the wretched road is evil simpy because of the incredible carnage and frustration it engenders every day. In fact, very few people on the face of the planet know that the very shape of the M25 forms the sigil odegra in the language of the Black Priesthood of Ancient Mu, and means 'Hail the Great Beast, Devourer of Worlds'. The thousands of motorists who daily fume their way around its serpentine lengths have the same effect as water on a prayer wheel, grinding out an endless fog of low-grade evil to pollute the metaphysical atmosphere for scores of miles around.
These objects on display here are simply ancient Chinese sigils designed to attract export sales of inferior grade foodstuffs and toothpaste.
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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Those are subterranean leaded honey bunkers.
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
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I have plenty of more important things to do, if only I could bring myself to do them....
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As for the odd white structures, some kind of super awesome paintball arena is my guess.
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I have plenty of more important things to do, if only I could bring myself to do them....
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My guess is millions of beehives.
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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It looks like old strafing targets. Zoom out a bit and you'll see something that could easily be an abandoned WW2 style airstrip.
What about these?
40.452107,93.742118 - Google Maps
That's a few miles away on the other side of the air strip.
Also nearby:
40.452107,93.742118 - Google Maps
Those definitely look like the got struck by a bomb.
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Originally Posted by King Bob On The Cob
It looks like old strafing targets. Zoom out a bit and you'll see something that could easily be an abandoned WW2 style airstrip
One would think, but that topography is way too uneven for an airstrip.
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Probably not an actual airstrip. Just lines drawn to look like an airstrip for target practice.
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^^^ Yes, you can clearly see that the "airstrip" is not flat, but rather, follows the general geographical surface.
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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
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Originally Posted by Shaddim
There are three parked aircraft on what look like another firing range due west of there (but I'm not smart enough to figure out how to bookmark it).
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Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey
There are three parked aircraft on what look like another firing range due west of there (but I'm not smart enough to figure out how to bookmark it).
And some armored vehicles a bit west too. With roads connecting it to the aircraft, which is most assuredly at a bombing range. That's what the bombing ranges in Colorado look like almost exactly. But that still doesn't explain the odd lines.
40.457528,93.39263 - Google Maps
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Those intersecting lines remind me of the Bird's Nest stadium they built recently:
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Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey
I guess if you've never looked at a map of Washington, DC, that would make sense.
I dunno, that's what it sometimes feels like driving around DC... Also, there's that one continuous, convoluted NW-SE line that actually kinda matches up with Beach Dr. NW from Chevy Chase to Adams Morgan. 
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My wife thinks it's all artwork, something akin to crop circles. I think she's right.
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Just joining in to say that whoever hasn't read Gaiman & Pratchett's "Good Omens" really, really needs to.
Not really a fan of Pratchett's, but that book had me in stitches.
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It looks like military testing grounds for drills on and/or perfecting bombing accuracy. IMO, not something bizarre or particularly scary. I mean... other than the lack of ground impacts to explain the scattered debris.
I don't think you're really hiding it if it's less than 100 miles from your space program's launch site.
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
I'm on the floor.
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Originally Posted by Sealobo
sealobo how bout runnin out to go have a look for us?
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Originally Posted by el chupacabra
sealobo how bout runnin out to go have a look for us?
i don't see the upside; if i happen to find out anything, i will be in jail.
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It could be the next F1 racing tracks?
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Originally Posted by stonec66
It could be the next F1 racing tracks?
Nope, too many places to overtake and thus cause fun for the spectators. That'd never do.
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Originally Posted by Shaddim
It's obvious that the Chinese love math problems.
Count the number of triangles and rectangles. I have the exact problem to solve back in Junior HS.
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Bush Tax Cuts == Job Killer
June 2001: 132,047,000 employed
June 2003: 129,839,000 employed
2.21 million jobs were LOST after 2 years of Bush Tax Cuts.
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Originally Posted by Sealobo
the horribly gone wrong love child of Jamie and Adam? [/mythbusters]
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it's the same dude who figured out Area 51.
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Originally Posted by mduell
Those wankers don't count. They haven't figured it out in 5 years of trying. In just a couple days we already determined the signs say "all major credit cards accepted" in Alienese.
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A big ass alien QR code for Earth?
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An info link to Fox News?
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Nice burn reader! We all now that fox news knows squat. 
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Originally Posted by brassplayersrock²
Nice burn reader! We all now that fox news knows squat.
Know**
And I debated not providing a link at all originally 
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It's a painted reflective coating. Clearly seen following the geographical profile.
Most likely a Satellite Targeting Sensor Grid.
Zoom from this link. Clearly a coating.
40.452107,93.742118 - Google Maps
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To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.”
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Typical MSM lies.
(Big Mac, Fox News Watcher Club President)
Seriously though, I refuse to believe the average FNC viewer is less informed than the average Obama voter. That's unpossible.
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Originally Posted by Big Mac
Typical MSM lies.
(Big Mac, Fox News Watcher Club President)
Seriously though, I refuse to believe the average FNC viewer is less informed than the average Obama voter. That's unpossible.
It's probably not *less* informed. More likely *mis*informed. The problem with Fox News is that they blur the line between News and Entertainment, with quite a few shows described as "Entertainment" which present opinion in a "News" fashion.
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Still, I question the veracity of that article. FNC viewers should know the headlines of the day, unless perhaps they only watch O'Reilly and Hannity (O'Reilly and Hannity's second halves being especially full of fluff). Anyway, I don't understand how this thread became a discussion of Fox News.
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